No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 805

Jacqueline froze, her eyes suddenly welling up with tears. She nodded, "Alright, alright, it's a deal..."

I stumbled upon the news about Allen getting beaten up while browsing the internet. There were photos and videos plastered all over, and the comments section was full of people cheering. The internet was buzzing with rumors of his alleged mob ties.

But I knew the truth. It was Conrad who had orchestrated it.

And it wasn't just me who knew. Anyone with half a brain could figure it out, which is why Dustin confronted him.

"You went after Allen. Are you tired of living peacefully, or do you just think you're indestructible?" Dustin's voice was sharp with accusation.

"Maybe," Conrad replied, a sardonic smirk playing on his lips. "The big fire didn't manage to kill me, did it?"

Dustin caught the deeper meaning in his words, but he didn't press it further. Instead, he simply said, "I've arranged a place for you to lay low. Lord Clark won't let this slide."

"Let him come," Conrad shrugged, his demeanor utterly nonchalant.

as

lounged back on the couch, his legs casually propped on the coffee table, his shirt half-buttoned in a display of utter indifference. "I don't recall ever relying on

and Dad favored me, handed me the family business on a silver platter. But maybe you didn't know that when I took over the Wagner Group, it was nothing but a hollow shell, bled dry by the Clark family. It was me, Conrad, who rebuilt it from the ground

glinted with mockery behind his glasses. "Are you trying to tell me you earned

the truth?" Conrad met his gaze with

let out another

had had enough. "Dustin, to prove you're better than me, you've been playing dirty overseas, thinking I wouldn't find out?

set up that

your

elaborate trap, dragging Jefferson

Daniels into it..."

where's your humanity in all this? You think achieving your goals like that means you've finally

was sharp with accusation, his anger rising, his chest tight with a surge of emotion. He instinctively touched the tip

done?" Dustin showed no